The art of Logical Thinking

label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Ioana Dinescu
This course emphasizes reasoning skills. Students will be introduced to formal and informal logic, including syllogisms, inductive and deductive arguments, and those fallacies most commonly encountered in speech and writing.

Period
17-06-2014 - 08-07-2014 (3 weeks)

Target group
Philosophy, math, linguistics, and general undergraduate students wishing to improve their knowledge of introductory logic. Course includes both formal and symbolic logic.

Course aim
Students will:A. Know and apply the vocabulary of logic;B. Identify and explain major informal fallacies;C. Identify arguments (both inductive and deductive), premises and conclusions;D. Analyze and diagram arguments;E. Be able to translate ordinary language into symbolic notation;F. Be able to evaluate both formal and informal arguments; andG. Construct formal proofs and test arguments for validity.

Credits
6.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 940[Convert to USD] 940 - Course + course materials + housing 795 - Course + course materials

Course leader
Prof. dr. David Aiken

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400